Intermediates

Brooke Ager brings a lot of love and excitement wherever she goes. An intermediate, a dwarf and a large cup, she stands out with a substantial and intense rosy pink cup. There is some echo of the cup color into the petals. This well regarded daff a bright and attractive contrast to the rockery and close up beds. The rich colored cup along with a trim rounded perianth and stylish anthers makes her a show bench natural.

This remarkable and newly registered seedling from Mr Blom reliably throws two scapes: the primary flower is a very balanced and well formed split cup, the secondary bloom a large cup. Cup and Saucer is a unique dwarf with lovely fruit-sweet color. Sunproof. Show judges may need to be on the watch for this one.

Some days we wonder what it would be to wander a garden made up exclusively of dwarf Walter Blom cultivars. The ivory trumpet Flower Child transports us to a baroque, enchanting world of child-like wonder and magic. We can think of so many ways to put the daff to work. Recent introduction, an ADS Intermediate.

Well-named Frostbite is a spontaneous poeticus sport, extra white pointy petals intruding into the cup. Widely variable except that Frostbite retains an overall hexagonal corona shape, analogous to snowflakes. Scented Frostbite brings a lovely blast of cool to the late spring border when all of the other daffodils have melted. An intermediate, Frosty is attractive in a vase , for us blooms with Spanish Bluebells and Tulip Maureen. You will be pleasantly surprised by the the scent.

It is not often that a yellow trumpet is found adjacent to the term Intermediate . But Little Alfred sports all of the trumpet flanged and notched cupped bling that you want, but with a "seen not heard" modesty that you like. Lovely color, form and detail. Increases. We think Little Alfred is a candidate for pot culture. ADS Intermediate.

Double headed doubles, now that's a rare thing; with jonquilla parentage Little Kiwi is upright and fragrant to boot. An intermediate, not all stems are twins.

A remarkably bright performer of the pseudo narcissus type. On first glance Little Spell might be mistaken for Gipsy Queen. Lovely little thing. Registered as a Yellow-Yellow, but how is this not a reverse bi-color ?

We are very enamored with Little Spring King, he is one of Carlo's smaller-sized seedlings.Consistently cute as Prince Harry : royal good posture, radiates confidence and blooms well out of the leaves. A triple threat : good for pot culture, good for the rockery, good for exhibition.

My Sweetheart's is exemplary of trends in late 20th and early 21st century daffodil breeding: Intense color over size; broad and overlapping petals; overall rounded shape and flat profile. Of all of Dr Reed's colorful seedlings I think this is my favorite: strong and easy to grow.

From the cool sands of the Dutch surfside of the English Channel comes this baroque and lusty Yellow and Pink split cup. Some of our favorite Split cups look like they are exhausted at the end of the blooming day after trying to hold their fancy faces erect on wimpy stems. Peach on the Beach has stiff scapes that are well-matched to holding the intermediate blooms aloft.

Pink Marvel 2 W-WWP

Pipo is a peppy new thing, well rounded with a deep bowl shaped cup all dressed up in citrus-fruit yellow.Blooms shoot up in advance of the foliage. A Dwarf and an Intermediate, we can see it in pot culture, on the Intermediate class bench, or in the managed early spring border.

A small cup of sophisticated coloration and prim form. An older small cup, we see Sidley most often on the competition bench.

An intermediate large cup from Ron Scamp. All yellow, because of it cyclamineus heritage Skilliwidden should be utile in the rockery and bed where some shade tolerance is indicated.

For the last half a century Tamar Fire has been a consistent work horse in the daffodil garden. An intermediate double, Tamar is exemplary in rich colors and works multiple jobs : in the border , in competition, and as a dependable pollen parent. While a bit variable, as doubles can be, it is easy to get fine, competition quality blooms.

Herr Sander's eponymous seedling glows with a depth of color, substance, and vitality that is jaw-dropping, first time, everytime. A new high water mark in terms of daffodil quality, this Intermediate triandrus is a cross of Ice Chimes and Fairy Chimes. Named for the hybridizer by the registrant as encomium for his work in narcissus. You won't believe it at first.

Yet another bi-colored Daffodil ? Yet this newly registered trumpet, Thijs has obvious superpowers : a dwarf and an intermediate with vigor and a rakish profile. Great possibilities for pot culture and the curated border.

Some flowers are always shucking and jiving and waving in the wind, trying to get the attention of any passing pollinators : both the winged and the tweed-wearing types. Winks a bright intermediate from Badbury Rings doesn't have to do much more than, well.. give a wink. ADS Intermediate.